Benjamin scarles



(No Model.)

B. SGARLES.

METALLIC LATHING.

No. 394,403. Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

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BENJAMIN SCARLES, OF CLINTON, MASSACIIIISETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CEINTON WIRE CLOTI-I COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

METALLIC LATHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,403, dated December 11, 1888.

Application filed May 25, 1887. Serial No. 239,311. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SOARLES, of Clinton, in the county of Iorcestelg State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metallic Lathing, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forn'ring part of this specilication, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved lat-hing in position for use on the wall of a room; Fig. 2, an isometrical projection ot a portion of the same; Fig. 3, in cross-section, several forms of furring adapted for use fin connection with this invention.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

Hy invention relates to that class of metallic lathing in which the body, or lathing proper, is composed of wire-cloth and provided with furring-strips; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a more desirable article of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the lathing; B, the furring-strips; C, the binder, and D the stud or beam to which the lathing is attached. The body A is composed of wirecloth, the warp, filling, and meshes of which may be of any suitable size.

The filling-strips B maybe round, oval, angular, n-shaped, A-shaped, l-shaped, shaped, or T-shaped in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 2, or of any other suitable construction. The n-shaped are somewhat more expensive to manufacture than the solid strips, but are better adapted for heavy work.

The binder C is helical in form, consisting` of a spirally-coiled wire of suitable length to span the web of cloth, its coils corresponding approximately in length with the diameter of the meshes, and being of such size as to project through them a sufficient distance to embrace the furring-strip.

The construction of the binder will be better understood by reference to Fig. l of the drawings, in which .1f c represent two ot' the warpwires, and n1 nL two ot' the filling-wires of the cloth composing the bodyA.

The binder is laid transversely on the face of the web ot' cloth between two of the Fillingwires my nz, and it will be observed that its coils coincide in length with the diameter ol' the meshes, or with the distance between the warp-wires .r a'. For instance, one ot the coils commences at e, where it passes over 011e of the warp-wires, and terminates ate, where it passes over the adjoining warp-wire, and so on throughout the length of the binder.

In assembling the parts of which the lathing is composed, the binder (l is first placed on the face of' the cloth between the lillingwires m nl, after which the furring-strip l is secured in position by inserting it in the projecting coils of the binder at the back ofthe Cloth, it being understood that the web is provided with furring-strips and binders at intervals throughout its length.

The lathing is secured to the studding or beams of the room by staples l), but may be attached in any other suitable manrer, if desired. It may also be applied to brick walls.

The cloth is designed to be made in long pieces or webs in the usual manner, and when provided with the furring-strips and binders it may be wound into cuts or rolls and kept in stock for ready use; or the strips and binders may be applied to the cloth as it is used, if preferred, thus enabling the web to be wound into a more compact roll for storage or shipment.

I do not contiue myself to disposing the furring-strips and their binders between the tilling-wires, as they maybe placed between the warp-wires, if desired, although I deem it preferable to arrange them transversely of the web. Neither do I confine myself to constructing the binder with coils corresponding in length with the diameter of the meshes ot' the cloth, as they maybe made ot' such length as to span two or more meshes.

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Having thus explained my invention,\vl1at I claim isl. The combination of Wire-cloth, a spirallycoiled binder, and a furring-strip, the binder being on one side of the cloth, the furringstrip on the opposite side thereof, and the coils of the binderk extending through the meshes of the cloth and around the furringstrip.

2. The combination of Wire-cloth, `a spirallycoiled binder, a furring-strip, the binder being on one side of the cloth, the furring-strip on the opposite side thereof, and the coils of the binder extending through the meshes of the cloth around the furring-strip, a beam or stud, and a staple embracing the furring-strip and one coil of the binder and passing through a mesh of the cloth into said beam or stud.

BENJAMIN SCARLES.

Titnessesz y O. M. SHAW, E. L. SAWYER. 

